White to play and win queen
White to win queen
My first puzzle
My first puzzle
The bold Icelandic Gambit
Fans of Scandinavian Openings might want to look at the Icelandic Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6!?) for a bit of fun. Here is a brief introduction.
Pfleger's Pferd Wins the Race
Helmut Pfleger was born June 8, 1943 in Czechoslovakia. He was a world class junior player by 1960. He tied for first in the West German Championship in 1963 and 1965. He became a grandmaster in 1975. He practices internal medicine and psychothera...
How strong is your opponent?
It turns out that it's actually difficult to tell. The answer depends on how you define the word "strong". For example, does "strong" imply any of the following? strong because she plays quickly rather than taking days to consider her next move...
Returning to Glory
After Tal beat Botvinnik in the 1960 WC Match, many thought that the old master would retire in the face of such an opponent. Howeber, Botvinnik proved them all wrong by winning the return match a year later. Here is one of his favorite games. (n...
Ruy Lopez Trap
Here is a trap in the ruy lopez
Winning battles versus winning the war
For many players the desire to improve their play pits them in a life and death struggle to win each game. Many players agonize over lost games and fluctuations in their ratings. Rather than carefully reviewing their games (and reliving painful ...
2008 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler Answers And Winners!
Here is what you've all been waiting for - the answers and winners of the Chess.com Holiday Puzzler competition! The standard of entries was incredibly high, so a BIG thank you to all members who submitted answers. Where necessary, equal scores...
Chess article for beginners
The game of chess is over 1300 years old and is one of the most popular games in the world. It has received more total thought time than many great works of art and literature. Like a great work of art, chess is a paradox on many levels. It's easy...
Bobby Fischer Biography
Source: http://www.bobby-fischer.net/Bobby_Fischer_Biography.html Robert James Fischer was born in Chicago, Illinois at the Michael Reese Hospital by the banks of Lake Michigan on March 9th, 1943. His father Gerhardth Fischer was born in Ber...
Why is it 1.f4?! not 1.f4!?
There are many things I don't understand in this world. One of them is why some people makes such a big fuss out of Paris Hilton (sorry Paris fans, but that is my truth). Another is why most people disregard 1.f4 so quickly, without even a glance....
You Be The Judge
(12) RcRaCiNfOoL (1958) - Webgogs (2338) [E68] http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10858329 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.c4 0–0 6.0–0 d6 7.Nc3 a5 8.e4 Nbd7 9.Re1 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.b3 Qc7 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Bd6 Qd8 [13...Qb6 14.Na4]...
Inside the Master Mind: The Dutch Torture
My second article for December, part of the Series “Inside the Master Mind” is going to cover a game, in which I managed to beat the second strongest Bulgarian grandmaster after GM Topalov – GM Kiril Georgiev (FIDE rating 2670). The most interesti...
Inside the Master Mind: Beating the World Champ
In today’s article, part of the Series “Inside the Master Mind” I want to show you one of my most memorable games, which tells the story of how I beat the World Champion in classical chess for 2005 and the player with the highest FIDE rating for 2...
A New Beginning
First article of '09. Like the new year symbolizes a new beginning, this game also shows that. In the Alekhine-Euwe 1935 WC Match, Euwe led 13-12 after 25 games. After this win, he demonstrated that he was worthy of becoming World Champion. And ...
Mate in 16!!!!!
Knight Magic
Is it possible to bring a Knight to every square on the board in 63 moves?? If you get it, post it in a comment.
The Polish immortal
And already seen the item in Chess.com, but I feel good show again
Two strategists face to face
As promised in the previous article, today I bring a very curious game. Undoubtedly, two strategists face to face. And besides, two Argentines. Miguel Najdorf, although born in Poland, but developed his most important chess race in my country. S...
Initial Review of "No Stress Chess" Game/Set
"No Stress Chess" is a chess set that comes with a deck of cards - 56 in fact. These cards show you a picture of a piece or pawn and how the piece or pawn can move. The idea is that once you set up the board - and move two pawns forward to make ...
Adults Learning Chess From and With Children
I have been playing chess for as long as my daughter who is pre-school. We just started on Christmas Day. She interested me in the game due to her remembering chess from a Harry Potter Movie. As we strolled in the library looking for something ...
Even Champions Can Blunder
Stefano Roselli del Turco was a strong international chess player in the 1920’s and 1930’s. He won the Italian Chess Championship in 1920, 1923, and 1931. Even this strong chess master was not immune to bad games or blunders. At the famous 1925...
Finding Good Moves
Finding good moves to play in a game is what we all strive for. Yet over and over we repeatedly make blunders and bad moves. Finding good moves have been written about by the likes of Capablanca, Lasker, Tarrasch, Pachman, Kotov, Dvoresky and man...
